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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The folks from Campbell's sent me this package a couple weeks ago and it just happened to arrive while I had all 6 kids home sick. What awesome timing was that?! Chicken soup and juice! It was just what I needed. I'm thinking it was supposed to be a nice school lunch kit with the lunch bag and water bottle, but I personally used it as a "Get Well" care pack. What's more comforting, when you're sick, than chicken soup? Campbell's has 13 new kid friendly chicken soups, including Disney Princess, Cars, SpongeBob, and Goldfish pasta. Each of these new kids' condensed soups contain 24% less sodium than the regular Campbell's condensed chicken noodle soup and all of the kids soups meet the government criteria for healthy foods, with controlled fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. And especially when you're sick and getting dehydrated through vomiting and/or fever, it's important to replace those fluids. We went through a ton of V-8 V-Fusion juice a couple weeks ago. We all really love this juice to begin with, but while the kids were sick and not interested in eating at all, I knew they were getting fluids, calories, vitamins, and fruits and vegetables through the V-Fusion.Campbell's has a flu pack lunch pack with 2 bottles of V-Fusion, 3 cans of Campbell's condensed chicken noodle soup for kids, a lunch bag and a reusable bottle for one lucky reader! Just leave me a comment here and I'll choose a random winner on Friday. Good luck!

"Flu pack". LOL. Love it. Husband is on the road for 10 days and the only child at home now has fur and 4 feet. I actually MADE CHICKEN SOUP from SCRATCH this week in my slow cooker and froze it in 16 oz servings because I KNOW I'm gonna need it and if he's on the road when I get sick, I'm not going to want to toodle out to the store for soup! If I coulda been this prepared in my younger years, I coulda RULED THE WORLD! LOL!

It is ridiculous how much I want to win this! I love the soups, we want to try the V fusion, and it's only a matter of time before my kids start losing their lunch boxes and water bottles...so I want it! lol

We love the V Fusion here!! I'd love to win this! It was good timing when that arrived for you. I'm glad to hear everyone is feeling better now. I only have 2 kids and when they are both sick it's hard for me. I can't even imagine what it was like with 6!

V-Fusion is one of the few juices I don't feel bad about giving my kids. My oldest could drain a bottle in one afternoon. And my youngest loves the soup. There's just something about chicken noodle soup that makes you feel better after the flu. This looks awesome.

We could definitely use that here. Still recovering from the flu. I like your idea of a flu pack. I may make one up with special H2O bottle, coloring book and such just to have on hand when kids get sick. Just a little something to brighten their day when they don't feel well. What a neat idea.

Oh, I think we're about to have a run-in with the flu...I only have four, but it still sucks. I should probably go stock up on chicken soup and juice. We've never tried the V8 Fusion, maybe I'll get some. =D

I love V-Fusion! Right now I am drinking the Raspberry/Goji and yes, its all for me cause my 3 beautiful daughters were kind enough to share their colds with me! And my husband is gone till next Wednesday so that means no break for me...And Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup is a staple in my house.

I have always wanted to try V-8 Fusion, but never had the guts (I *hate* vegetable juice!) Plus, we go through water bottles like crazy (my boy is constantly leaving them at ball fields), and my kids NEVER drink enough, so I would love to win one! Glad you are all feeling better.

"Lunch packs" are the best!! Especially when Mom is sick and no one else cooks. She can easily say "Go get the lunch pack out of the cupboard and make that for me". I know I know.. it's a dream world I live in, but it's possible. Right?!

I always have zero luck in winning anything, but I'll give it a go. My 8 year old won't eat meat or veggetables, so getting him to eat something healthy, like V8 Fusion, is a Godsend! I'll keep my fingers crossed!

I'm glad that it came in so handy for you. I ran out of chicken noodle soup when we had the stomach bug run thru our family a few weeks ago. Having an extra lunch box would come in handy too, my son tends to leave them at school.

You know what's crazy.... The week after your household had the flu and I read your post thinking "Man, I hope that doesn't happen to me..." MY HOUSEHOLD HAD IT. Now, I work at a hospital and they offered the seasonal flu vaccine FREE to me, so I didn't get any flu of any kind - but I can't get the swine flu vaccination because I have MS. Basically what happened - My 7 year old who has heart disease, woke up Thursday morning week before last sick as a dog. Called work, then took her to the doctor. They tested her for H1N1 - said they would call back in 4-5 hours. 4-5 hours later Ta-Da! Heart disease kid has SWINE FLU. 2 hours later the boyfriend comes home w/ flu-like symptoms. Send him to the doctor - tested for H1N1 ..Ta-da ...another one down. My 4 year old was totally healthy until the next day until his temperature was 103.8 - yeah :). So I was mad rushing to the store. I was SO psyched to se Campbells soup on sale for 73 cents a can... I nearly was doing cartwheels and flips in the aisle. I bought 16 cans and we went through ALL 16 cans in like 6 days. NO JOKE. LOVE the stuff :) Just call me Supermom :) P.S. - Everyone is better now - thank goodness because I'm out of Lysol and my poor body can't take any more cleaning and disinfecting!

We are slowing easing our way into the Flu season with sinus infections....*eyeroll* can you guess who hasn't got it yet. Yep yours truly which ultimately means I will get slammed, laid flat, down for the count soon...very very soon

With four boys I hope I'm not going to need it but at least one kid and the hubby has already had swine flu! It's the other three I'm worried about now........ oh yeah and myself.... oh wait... I almost forgot.... moms aren't allowed to get sick!! LOL!